What is concerning in almost all the churches everywhere in the world is people refer to “The Word of God” as any person speaking in the Bible. But brothers and sisters, this is not true. Let me show you why. Let’s read John 1:1-4.

”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.”

Who do you think that is talking about? Most people would say Jesus. But most people don’t apply it when they openly reference the entire Bible as “The Word of God.” What this actually does is create confusion, and if you were to ask me, it’s intentional. If Jesus is the only individual referenced as “The Word of God,” this creates Jesus as the final authority over every other person in the Bible. Isn’t that how it is supposed to be anyway? Let’s take the other people’s argument and try to replace “the word” with “Bible” and see how it looks.

”In the beginning was the Bible, and the Bible was with God, and the Bible was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by the Bible, and without the Bible was not anything made that was made.”

Do you see what calling the entire Bible the word of God does to the authority of Jesus? It undermines Him and takes it away. People do this everywhere and take literally any verse in the Bible and use it against Jesus if they don’t agree with what He commands. If Jesus said not to use titles of respect like “Master” when addressing people (Matthew 23:10), someone just takes Paul and says Paul used titles when describing Timothy as a spiritual son in 1 Timothy 1:2; therefore, I can use whatever titles I like. Or something like the early Christians describing people’s roles in the church as bishop, or elder. They will use whatever excuse they can to cancel out Jesus and what He said.

Jesus nailed this problem of disobedience on the head in this parable.

”And they all, with one consent, began to make excuses.” (Luke 14:18)

If we continue in reading John, you will see more evidence of what I am saying. Mind you, this is not just cherry-picking something; this is putting Jesus back in His rightful place as the head Master of every other person who used to cancel what He said and taught. Here in a minute you will see the significance of what I am saying, and you will not be able to deny it.

In John 1:14 it says, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

The word “Bible,” friends, cannot be replaced here. The Word of God is clearly Jesus with these verses mentioned. But if for some reason you still don’t believe it, read these significant verses.

”And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God.” (Revelation 19:11-13)

Do you see how the introduction of Jesus’ character says that He had a name that “no man knew?” The reason it’s said is that people, or the world, really don’t know that Jesus is the only one with the authority to be addressed as the “Word of God.” Solomon is not the word, Paul is not, and no other flawed human being that was sinful and made mistakes has the ultimate authority to decide what we do as Christians. Only Jesus.

Paul himself said, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:8)

Paul directs our attention back to Jesus and what he has said in the four Gospels, the actual Word of God. Many people argue in the world that Paul brought in a different gospel, one of grace. This is not true; Paul repeats that our attention should be on the gospel that was already given to him and others, which is through Jesus. Here is another one from him.

”In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;“ (2 Thessalonians 1:8)

Notice how Paul says “the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The only things that have ever been referenced in history as “the gospels” are the books in your Bible named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Again, this brings focus back onto Jesus Christ and everything He taught in those books. Here is another verse from Paul referencing Jesus as the ultimate authority.

”If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness” (1 Timothy 6:3).

This doctrine of holiness is only one thing: the gospels and all that Jesus said, one more from Paul. “And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith.” (1 Thessalonians 3:2).

You can see that Paul himself continually points back to Jesus and the Gospels and all that Jesus taught. When we address any person in the Bible as the Word, there are these giant arguments about which person is right, but the truth is, Jesus has the final authority over every prophet and godly man and woman. Unsurprisingly, people fight this truth to the death, literally blocking out what Jesus commanded his followers. In the book of Revelation, the title is actually called “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,” again pointing back to the gospels and Jesus.

There are verses from Paul where he says that he simply is saying something out of his opinion and not from the Lord himself; here it is. ”But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.” (1 Corinthians 7:12)

Are we to say that Paul’s opinion is the Word of the Lord when he said it’s not? Or what about a simple description of what happened in the Bible? Like this one. “And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.”
(Matthew 11:1)

Can people really say that a description of what happened is God speaking? What about Solomon when he was considered the richest man in all of history? Can we compare that to Jesus now when he said, “Verily I say unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven”? (Matthew 19:23) So if both Jesus and Solomon are the word of God, who is right?

See how this is confusing for others and you yourself when language like the “Word of God” is so loosely tossed around? This has to be stopped. When it’s stopped, it creates clarity for whom you should be listening to over all disputes in the Bible, which is Christ.

We need to rightly put Jesus the Christ back in his position of authority and stop addressing the entire Bible as the “word of God” because it is not true and it’s a lie. It creates confusion and is dangerous when we take Paul or Solomon or any other person and put them on the same level as Jesus. Thank you for reading, and I hope you can rightly divide the Word after reading this.